Every few days you will hear a Christian preacher declaring that he has just received a message from god. Usually some nonsense about earthquakes, or tornadoes, or something equally terrible: If we don't pray harder the god of love will kill us all.
- If the earthquake comes the preacher will say, "I predicted that."
- If the earthquake doesn't come the preacher will say, "God saved us because you followed my instructions and prayed harder."
It's easy to understand a pompous preacher pulling a stunt like that, but the thing that gets me is that the mugs in the pews fall for it every time. They marvel at the 100% accuracy of the preacher's predictions and it never occurs to them that the predictions are intentionally designed that way.
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